Emma Hunt is a senior talent advisor with Bloom – a workplace design consultancy based in Toronto but with a globally dispersed team. Bloom runs training for internal and external recruiters and hr professionals on topics like Diversity and Equity Inclusion and in this episode of StartWell’s Gathering series Emma shares her perspectives on all […]

For this, the 11th episode of StartWell’s Gathering podast, we sat down with Jay Goldman – the founder and CEO of Sensei Labs. Sensei Labs was spun out of Toronto’s life sciences brand development company Klick Health – initially they commercialized an internal intranet and then evolved it into its own enterprise SaaS offering called […]

Swish is an accomplished young entrepreneur who has won awards, struck product development deals and published a book. Most recently, he’s been focusing on growing a company he co-founded called Surf, which lets people passively earn from the data they share whilst browsing the web. This conversation for our Gathering podcast, introduces Swish’s company and […]

For this the 9th episode of StartWell’s Gathering Podcast, Dave Cairns joins us in our Toronto studio to discuss the state of the office leasing market and shares his perspective about how companies need to rethink why they provide space for their staff. Formerly a Toronto based broker, Dave moved to Prince Edward Island for […]

Wave is one-stop money management for small business owners. In this episode we sit down with Reza who oversees Payroll and Payment products at this Toronto based company. Reza has been at Wave for 6+ years, and the company has always had a great social atmosphere in their office (which is located in Leslieville – […]

Originally from Thailand, Max has lived and worked all over the world. He studied Hospitality in Switzerland before working with companies like Expedia in the Middle East and Africa and has most recently joined Sonder – a company founded in Montreal which now operates over 6,000 short term rental units globally. In this conversation we […]

Relay is a Toronto based ‘business banking and money platform’ with international clients – many of whom are located in the United States. As Relay’s Head of People, Cheli joined us for the Gathering Podcast to share the company’s experiences through the pandemic committing to a larger office space in downtown Toronto and experimenting with […]

Amanda Cupido is an award-winning podcast producer, radio executive, university instructor, author, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Lead Podcasting, a full-service podcast production company that specializes in developing podcasts for thought leaders and organizations. In addition, Amanda is the program director at AM 640 Toronto, where she leads a team of producers and […]

How does a creative agency manage to grow its talent pool and engage its people despite being distributed across a country? In this episode of StartWell’s Gathering podcast we hear from Sylvia Smiley whose job it is to attract talent to the full-service-agency of Zulu Alpha Kilo, and hear about their value for relationships, new […]

As one of the founders of Canada’s coworking movement, Ashley has worn many hats over the past 2 decades and through her consultancy Creative Blueprint has inspired a global network of catalysts and change makers, working in partnership with neighbourhood residents, community organizers, students, unions, collectives, coworking leaders, community groups, policy makers, activists and all […]